The Corries – The Bonny Moorhen (Guitar)

Capo 3
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[Verse 1]
Am Dm         Em      Am     G   Am
My bonnie moorhen, my bonnie moorhen,

C                         G
Up in the grey hills, and doon in the glen,

     C            Dm              Em   Em/F  Em/G  F
It's when ye gang butt the hoose, when  ye   gang  ben

     C       Em           Am     G   Am
I'll drink a health to my bonnie moorhen,
[Verse 2]
   F                     C
My bonnie moorhen's gane o'er the Main,

G                      
It will be summer e'er she comes again,

C                  Em          Em/F      Em/G   F
But when she comes back again some folk  will   ken,

  C      Em         Am     G   Am
O Joy be with ye my bonnie moorhen
[Verse 3]
Am Dm         Em      Am     G  Am
My bonnie moorhen has feathers anew,

C                         G
And she's a' fine colours, but nane o' them blue,

       C            Dm              Em   Em/F  Em/G  F
She's red an' she's white, an' she's green an' she's grey

   C          Em       Am     G   Am
My bonnie moorhen come hither away.
[Verse 4]
F                          C
Come up by Glen Duich, and doon by Glen Dee

G                        
Come in by Kinclaven and hither by me,

    C                  Em       Em/F  Em/G  F
For Ronald and Donald lay low   in    the   fen,

    C       Em          Am     G   Am
Tae brak the wing o' my bonnie moorhen.
[Verse 5]
   F                     C
My bonnie moorhen's gane o'er the Main,

G                      
It will be summer e'er she comes again,

C                  Em          Em/F      Em/G   F
But when she comes back again some folk  will   ken,

  C      Em         Am     G   Am
O Joy be with ye my bonnie moorhen

  C      Em         Am     G   Am
O Joy be with ye my bonnie moorhen